Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thread to a church, sees her sweetheart's terrible secret, and learns that her parents will die

Tests: 2 of 14 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 9 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 412 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

Yo, so the hottie at the gathering was literally the Devil?

1. Yeah, he was a rich merchant — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, he was just a stranger — no support
3. Yeah, he was the Fiend in disguise — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope, just a guy — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd Marusia use a thread, like a total detective?

1. To make sure she could get home safely in the dark — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. To tie her hair back — score 4
3. To mark the path home — score 4
4. To track where he lived — ✓ the right answer · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 1 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 5: «A new tale starts: a girl marries a husband she never sees, and she uses three feathers to make her wishes come true.», reached through the cause of the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «girl» (+5); the same action «make» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, what was he munching on in the church?

1. a dead man's fingers and bones — no support
2. a cold chicken — no support
3. a corpse from the coffin — score 5
4. a dead body — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 412, line 3: «The thread leads her to the church, where she climbs a ladder, looks through a window, and sees him eating a dead body.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «dead body» (+2); the same property (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did Marusia just bolt once she saw that?

1. Nope, she stayed — no support
2. Yeah, she ran home super scared — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Yeah, she fainted — no support
4. Nope, she stayed to watch — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 412, line 7: «What: He courts her at the feast of St. Andrew, and she follows his path with a ball of thread.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «follow» (+5); the same doer «marusia» (+1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, was her dad okay the next morning?

1. Yep, he was alive — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Nope, he was dead, lying in the coffin by the altar — no support
3. Nope, he was dead — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yep, he woke up fine and ate breakfast — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Bro, what did the Fiend threaten her with?

1. Her mom would faint tomorrow — no support
2. Her mom would die tomorrow — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. Her whole family would die by the next evening — no support
4. Her life — no support

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 2 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 412, line 4: «She runs home terrified, and the Fiend, who is at the next gathering, tells her that her father will die tomorrow and then her mother.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «die» (+2); the same property (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1); one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-3). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what did Marusia tell her mom about him?

1. Nothing much — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Only that she saw him — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. She told her he was nice — score 5
4. She said he was a priest — score 5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 99, line 12: «Why does the girl weep? She says "That I must not tell you or any man, or I shall lose my life."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the girls even know what was going down?

1. Yes, they knew — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. Yep, they all knew it — score 6
3. Nope, they had no clue — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Nope, no clue — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 292, line 15: «Why: the girl sleeps with her knife because "there is no knowing what may happen".», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «girl» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the Fiend sad about the deaths, or nah?

1. He was happy, lol — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, sad — no support
3. He acted sad, lol — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Nope, happy — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Why'd Marusia run to her friends after her mom died?

1. She was looking for food — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She was scared to be alone — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She had been sent by her mother to the priest — no support
4. She could not stand the empty house at night — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗

Did the friends hype her up or try to chill her out?

1. They tried to hype her up and cheer her up — ← Mova's choice · score 6
2. They wanted to go dancing and forget her grief — score 6
3. They hyped her up lol — score -2
4. They felt sorry for her — ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 188, line 11: «Why: Sindbad keeps sailing because "it was my fate to rove", even though his friends try to keep him at home.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «try» (+5); the same doer «friends» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗

So what's Marusia's big problem at the end?

1. She must go back to the church and confront him — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. She must decide what to do — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. She must choose her husband — no support
4. She must decide what to do about the Fiend and her life — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Was the gathering just one short evening, or a whole week?

1. Not just one evening but the entire season of harvest and festivals — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A whole week or even longer — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Several weeks, maybe months — no support
4. A whole week or even longer, until the feast ended — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Which feast was this shindig for?

1. The feast of St. Andrew and all the saints — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. St. Andrew's feast, the great village celebration of the year — no support
3. St. Andrew's feast — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Pentecost of the village — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

What was the name of the feast celebrated by the village in the tale?

1. The feast of St. Andrew the First-Called — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The feast of St. Michael the Archangel — no support
3. St. Andrew's feast — no support
4. The Easter feast — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which object did Marusia use to trace the youth to his dwelling?

1. A long ball of red thread from her basket — score 2
2. A ball of thread — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. A spool of silk — score 2
4. A cord of thread tied to her apron — ← Mova's choice · score 4

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 240, line 5: «A new tale starts: a girl marries a husband she never sees, and she uses three feathers to make her wishes come true.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same action «marry» (+3); the same doer «girl» (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What did the Fiend predict concerning Marusia's mother?

1. That she would die on the following day — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. That she would wed the youth the next day — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. That she would fall ill tomorrow night — no support
4. That she would die — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 326, line 6: «Who: Peter and Wendy are the main children, and Hook is the pirate who bites Peter.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); a different doer (counts against) (+3); the same thing acted on «peter» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the principal emotion the Fiend displayed at the girl's bereavement?

1. Deep and sincere grief for the family — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Apparent sadness — no support
3. Feigned sorrow — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Fear — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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